# Obscene publications and unlawful indecent images — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Obscene publications and unlawful indecent images, carrier is Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers); restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK; conditions is Including obscene or extreme pornography as detailed in Part 5 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and indecent photographs of a child as detailed in the Criminal Justice Act 1988, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Obscene publications and unlawful indecent images _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Including obscene or extreme pornography as detailed in Part 5 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and indecent photographs of a child as detailed in the Criminal Justice Act 1988. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Including obscene or extreme pornography as detailed in Part 5 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child as detailed in section 160 and 161 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988

## Source

- https://www.royalmailwholesale.com/mint-project/uploads/233157117.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).